Spring for eyeglasses.



No. 848,617. PATENTED APR. 2, 1907.

L. F. ADT.

SPRING FOR EYEGLASSES. APPIJIOATIQK FILED OUT. 27, 1905'.

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LEO r.

Application filed 60120501 2?, NW5. Serial his. 284:,632.

To all whom it inc /y concern-.

- Be it known that 1, Leo rim, of Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Springs for Eyeglasses end ll do hereby declsre the following to loll, clear, and exact description of the some, reij erence being lied to the eccoropenyii g draw ings, forming apart of this specification, and to the reference-mimerels rrierked thereon.

My present invention relates to improve ments in eyeglasses; end the object it 1' is to provide on improved having rts ends bent to insure ample resiliency, W it very little of the mat riel oi. 7 r visible when the mountihg viewed. from. the front, the mounting being of the type where in. the nose-guards proximate and. "QPQH rated by relative motion. of the lenses,

is these and other ends the iiivei'ition consists in certain im rovemeiits that will be herein ivel' features after more in ly described, the i being pointed out in the annexed claims.

noodyi invention are particularly adapted to plied to the well-known type or e comprising the lenses 1 mill. viii able; ettecnme devices 3 end c the nose-guards 5 and 6, the iett erable with the lenses the outer lenses are deflected forwardly "merrily, the guards engaging the src r of the wearers nose to secure the eyeglass: spring 7, connecting the ice as sho Figs. 1 and 2, lies a central 3 1013. for open-- ning the nose, being arched, if desired, to it closely to the nose, the end of the control portion each extending in direction generally outwardly, reerwordly, and downwardly to a point close above the co: espondiiig ettoching device and. thence bending upwardly and reonvcrdly, as at 8, to form aforws-trd vertical inverted loop or head. 9, the ends of the centrol portion o the bridge endiog just above the corresponding attaching devices. The reertvcrdly sled. opwerdiy 1i Kids of the The hrid 5? Spl'lil s.

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'iJiOil extends to a point preferably in rear of the piece of the lenses and thence bends downwardly to form the reverselyerrenged vertical loop 10, hevln a; vertical em 11 exwith e iorwerdlyextending srm 12, having the dewirwcrdly-ei rtendmg ettechmg'erm 13 attached. to the stteching device from shove, so thet the loops 9 end l0 oi the bridge are shove the point oi ettsehmciit.

lnsteed of forming the spriri as shown in 7:2

1 and. 2 the loop 10 of the spring shown in Fig. -l has it do,wriwordly-extendiiig arm let adopted to extend behind the sttech- 111g device, iorw rdly-progectmg lug 15 thereon extendiii to the attaching device from the rear. however, while thebridgespring shown in Fig. 4 is formed of flat material, this is not necessarily so, for the s ring may be inside from narrow stock and 0 different cross-sections, such a sprig being-8o shown in Fig. 5, this term being 1i 'e that in Fig. 4, excepting that the narrow forwordlvextending etteching arm 16 is provider. 'lth notch or semicircular recess 1 Z therein for the securingscrew of the cttechlog device.

The shown in Fig. 6 is similar to first shown in .e' i 1 end 2, although the rear loop 18 thereof is located farther to the rear of the plane of the lenses, the forwardly the increased length of material in the loops 5 ofi'ording greater resiliency to the spring as the lenses are operated in proximatirig and separating the nose-guards.

in the several forms of my invention the double reversely-erronged loops eilord ample too.

eotiori to the spring to enable the eyeglasses to applied and removed fronr the nose with convenience, and as the arms of the loops lie in planes arranged transversely to that of the lenses the increased length of 1,405

the bridge will be przictica-lly invisible, and therefore the mounting will not be conspicuous when WOlll and viewed from the front Wldle the peculiar arrangement of the bendsmops brings the bridge low upon the weelr no ers nose, the ends of the arch of the bridge resting close to the attaching devices, mid

While it is generally preferable to form the springs of flat material to insure horizontal operation of the lenses in separating and proximating the guards stock of other crosssections may be employed, if desired.

It Will be-noted that in the constructions shown particularly. in Figs. 1 to 4 of the drawings the stock of which the spring is composed is bent edgewise twice above the attaching ends, once between the portion 7, which spans the bridge of the wearers nose, to form the bend 9, andagain to form the bend 10, both these being above the point of attachment to the lenses, thus giving mate rial for horizontal adjustment or flexing above the studs and Without liability of interfering With the guards 01' studs This flexibility enables the guards to be separated either by a vertical or horizontal movement a of the lenses, but preferably by a movement somewhere between the two, with no liability of unduly straining the stock.

I claim as my invention- 1. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses, and nose-guards therefor, of a bridgespring having attaching ends and reversely arranged bends therein disposed between the attached ends and the middle of the spring and in planes transverse to the plane of the lenses and arranged above the attaching ends.

2. In eyeglasses, the combination With the lenses, nose-guarc'ls therefor and attaching devices, of a spring connected to the attaching devicesat its ends and having vertical 'bends formed therein and extending trans:

versely of the plane of the lenses, all portions of the spring being arranged above the attaching ends and the apexes of the bends being located adjacent tothe attaching devices.

3. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses, and nose-gnards therefor, of a spring 1 connecting the lenses having depressed bends or loops therein to'bring the ends of the cen-.

tral nose-spanning portion and all parts of the spring close to and wholly above the points of attachment of the spring,

. 4. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses and nose-guards therefor, of a 5 ring connecting the lenses having open oops therein with their arms arranged in a sub stantially vertical plane, disposed transversely of the plane of the lenses, all portions 5 of the spring being, arral'iged above the point of attachment to. the lenses.

5. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses, nose-guards therefor, and attaching devices movable with the lenses, of a spring connecting the attaching devices having vertical, reversely-arrangcd bends therein above 7. in eyeglass s. the combinalirm with the lenses, guards therefor, and all'aolnng de vices carried by the lenses, oi" a spring conmeeting the lenses having a central portion, the ends of the spring extending downwind to a point adjacent to the orrosponviling attaching devices, thence upwz lly, r J- wardly, forwardly and donnwa attaching devices.

5%. ln eyeglasses, the combin lenses, guards and attachin ,1: by the lenses, oi a spring ()ll'lj}l .-.((l cl liar. material connecting the lei" r ham. the

central arched portion and the cndmcon ncctcd to the attaching devices on the lenses, the material oi the spring bet 1 tin-l portion. and the ends h vii edgewise of the material and louned the attaching devices in the lenses.

9. In eyeglasses, the combmation with lenses, guards and attaching. device:

by the lenses, of a spring c material connecting the in central portion and its at aching end nected to' the attaching devices on the i the material of the spring between said tral portion and the ends having ta o bends cdgr ise of the material opening in opposite directions and located above the attaching, devices.

."10. in eyeglasses, the combination the lenses, guards and attaching devices car l t e with ried by the lenses, of a spring connecting lenses havingthe con tral portion ends connected to the att ching (term the lenses, the material of spring betw said central portion and ends having tivo bends e:-:ten-:hng transverscl of his plane the lenses opening in opposite directions a located above the attarhnn devices on tne I C) lenses.

LE ADT.

Witnesses: lwlicnlim. l OCorznon, CHARLES S. nannies. 

